John Gray no longer has any connections with the SMILER website or magazine. John resigned from the SMILER team last October and handed over the near completed printed version of SMILER magazine. This will be distributed in a few days time.
John’s original intention had been to re-launch SMILER magazine on a quarterly basis. However, due to third party disruption, we regret this plan has been cancelled. Some of the views John has expressed about Rod’s career on the SMILER board were copied to Rod out of context and edited in a way deliberately designed to cause distress. This happened just as the permanent return of SMILER magazine had been agreed and at the same time as the SMILER website received official recognition with a link from Rod’s own site. This was clearly too much for our distracters to stomach.
John commented: “It is no secret that I believe Rod’s career has stagnated terribly over recent years and I reserve the right to express my views. I regard Rod as Britain’s finest singer and still love everything about him that I originally did all those years ago when I first heard his music. I regret that the jealous activities of a few have ensured that much of the tireless work by my colleagues has been in vain and that ultimately the fans will lose out.”